Top Teen Engineers Head to Nat’l Contest

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJune 16, 2016Danielle McNamara510-987-0230   California state champs vie for national championship in Utah   California’s best and brightest future engineers will compete for top bragging rights and the title of national champs for creating the best code-powered prosthetic arm.    Los Banos Junior High School and Costa Mesa High School were named […]

A Boost in Coding Education, Thanks to Oracle

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJune 9, 2016Danielle McNamara510-987-0230   Conference scholarship is Oracle’s latest effort to empower MESA students and teachers in coding and computer science   Sixteen middle and high school teachers from across California will gain coding skills and educational inspiration thanks to a generous scholarship from Oracle Academy. Teachers will attend the Computer Science […]

MESA teachers headed to comp sci conference

Computer science teachers from across the country will converge on San Diego next month for the CTSA annual conference.    And thanks to scholarships from Oracle Academy, 16 MESA middle and high school teachers from across California will attend.   The contingent will gain coding skills and educational inspiration at the July 10-12 event in San Diego. The endowment […]

From Mechanic to Mechanical Engineer

Last year 8th grader Ernesto Castro wanted to be a mechanic when he grew up.   But after he attended an Arduino coding training, his MESA teacher had a future mechanical engineer on her hands.   “Before MESA I just wanted to fix things,” Ernesto said. “Now I want to create them.”   Castro is […]

Los Banos, Costa Mesa Headed to Nationals

Two California teams rose to the top, making the best robotic prosthetic arm. Now they are headed to nationals to try to keep the winning streak going.   CSU Fresno center’s Los Banos Junior High School and UC Irvine center’s Costa Mesa High School are headed to the National Engineering Design Competition in Utah next month. […]

Math Contest Brings Out Competitive Edge

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 19, 2016Danielle McNamara510-987-0230   MESA student-teams across the state brushed up on their algebra while vying for bragging rights in the program’s annual Math Challenge.   Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) conducted the 60-minute test that is modeled after the American Mathematical Association of Two-Year College’s Student Math League test. More than […]